Autobot Menace!In a strange coincidence, I got taken out of action for a little over a week by a minor car accident. I'm nearly certain that I saw the Autobot insignia on the offending vehicle.
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Turner Broacasting System, Inc. has announced that Joost (billed as "the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service") will feature a channel dedicated to the G1 Transformers cartoon series.

Joost viewers will be able to watch two channels based on legendary Hasbro properties – TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE. The TRANSFORMERS channel will feature full-length episodes of the original “G1” TRANSFORMERS animated series, which launched the epic feud between the AUTOBOTS and the DECEPTICONS, later this month. The G.I. JOE channel will broadcast full-length episodes of “G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO,” the iconic series that introduced kids to the “Joe team” and the evil COBRA COMMANDER in 1982. These programs will be available exclusively online through Joost in the U.S.

Australia-based Madman Entertainment will release the entire run of the Transformers G1 cartoon series in a nicely designed 17-disc Region 4 (Australia/New Zealand) DVD collector's tin entitled Transformers - Complete Collection. Thanks to Seibertron.com, we now know that the collection will come out on June 27th with a price tag of $149.95 AUD, and that it will include a comic from IDW written by Simon Furman and illustrated by Nick Roche.

On June 27th, Madman Entertainment will also be releasing Tranformers the Movie: Special Edition (also Region 4 DVD, naturally), which is a remastered, color-corrected version of the movie in the theatrical release's 16:9 format. This $29.95 AUD Special Edition will come with a full-screen version of the movie, original toy commercials from the 80's, the Transformers tie-in cartoon episode "Scramble City", a feature commentary, character bios, and a spiffy reversible collector's cover.

Last month we found out that Frank Welker, who provided the original voice for Megatron, would not be reprising his role in Transformers: The Movie due to the casting of Hugo Weaving. According to a recent update on Welker's official website, yet another actor will be playing Megatron in the upcoming Transformers cartoon series.

In additional "Transformer" news, Corey Burton will be doing the voice of Megatron in Cartoon Networks new series

While it would have been great to have Frank Welker return to the small screen as Megatron, Corey Burton is an accomplished voice artist in his own right, with recent credits as Brainiac and Dr. Blizzard in the Justice League cartoons. You might also know his work as Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Brawn, and Spike Witwicky in a little-known 80's cartoon series called Transformers.